Micralyne to Expand

Photonics SpectraMar 2007
Micralyne Inc. has broken ground for a 10,000-sq-ft expansion of its facility in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The expansion will include both Class 10 and Class 1000 cleanrooms for silicon MEMS fabrication, testing and assembly. Offices and meeting rooms also are being added. The company says that the addition will allow it to increase manufacturing capacity to accommodate growing customer demand.

The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...